"Congratulations, from today on, you are free."
When Barron said this to Alia Benti Hussein, it meant that the Raphael organization had completely lost its threat.
After capturing half of the "Raphael" members, especially two of the three "core members", they were able to obtain more relevant information, and the special operations team's subsequent arrests became more efficient.
Up to now, except for three "Raphael" members who were shot dead during the capture process, the remaining seven Raphael members have been detained in the Munger base or are on the way to transportation.
Hearing Barron's words, Alia smiled and said:
"Homeless people are the freest."
"Maybe you can't choose your previous life, but you still have the right to choose your future life."
Alia looked through the balcony window at the lake and sky outside. She heard Barron say to her,
"You can stay here temporarily until you make a choice. Of course, to protect you, bodyguards will still be with you. As I told you before, you can choose to go to a place where your adoptive father and others can't find you, or work for me."
Now, they are in The Holme, a stately home here in Regent's Park.
This mansion has 40 bedrooms and a lot of space. In addition, Barron doesn't often live here, so there is no problem letting Alia live here temporarily after she is brought to London.
There is also a corresponding security system here to protect her safety.
Prior to this, Barron had given Alia two choices after she helped "eliminate" all of Raphael's organization.
After Barron gives her freedom, he can help Alia gain a new identity, away from the eyes of those who came before.
You can also provide Alia with a job and let her work for you, so that Barron will also provide Alia with corresponding protection.
After hearing Alia talk about her adoptive father Louis Lafayette and the "temple treasure" in India, Barron became somewhat interested in the organization...or group she was in before, and Lafayette.
Therefore, he needed Alia to provide everything she knew about Lafayette and their group, and then he would send people to secretly investigate and monitor the other party.
"I am willing to work for you and provide you with everything about Lafayette, but I have one condition..."
"You know, you are not in a position to bargain right now. I don't have to provoke them."
Hearing Alia's words, Barron frowned slightly and said lightly.
"Yes, there aren't many conditions I can exchange for you right now, but if you can do that, then what I can give you is my loyalty and everything I have."
At this moment, Alia's expression showed a sense of desperation and fearlessness, which made Barron feel quite interesting.
Yes, Alia is very beautiful. Among all the women Barron has seen in his two lifetimes, she can be considered one of the best in terms of both appearance and figure.
The only person he could think of who could be compared to her was Bonnie Stuart.
If Barron wanted to get her, it would not be difficult, and it could even be said to be a piece of cake.
But he was not a reckless man, and he preferred this game of gradually taking over people's hearts to pure carnal desires.
"You can talk about it, but I won't promise to do it."
"I want Louis Lafayette dead!"
"oh?"
Barron looked at Alia and asked with some inquiry,
"Ordinarily, he adopted you, even if he had other purposes, you might be dissatisfied, or even hate him. But seeing your reaction just now, and the price you were willing to pay, I am very curious about the reason behind it."
"Because he deceived all of us, and what he did, he was just an evil person."
Alia clenched her fists and gritted her teeth as she spoke,
"One of my sisters was adopted with me. She was the best person to me. But she died tragically in an unimaginable way... Lafayette told me that she was murdered by someone and promised to help me get revenge. Because of this, I helped him do things. It's ridiculous."
"And now you know that it was Lafayette who killed her?"
"Yes, that was a confidant of Lafayette. That man wanted to take me out of their control and told me these inside stories. I didn't believe it at first, and then he died..."
"Didn't Lafayette suspect you?"
"I don't know either, but as far as I know, that man didn't say anything about me, and then I slowly discovered more of the truth later."
Alia looked at Barron and asked expectantly:
"Now I can think of a way to get revenge, and the only way is to rely on you, Your Highness, can you promise me?"
"I said I won't make any promises to you for now. If you really want revenge, you must first cooperate with me and tell me everything."
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"Have you ever heard of the Hall family, Mr. Boot?"
Barron said to Viscount Bute in his Victorian mansion in Chelsea.
"The Hall family? Yes, they were an important member of the Bankers' Guild. They used to make financial investments for the nobles and were professionals in this field. Therefore, they were prominent at one time and were one of the few banking families that could continue to exist."
If you don't know some of Viscount Bute's "hobbies", his appearance can indeed be described as imposing.
At this moment, he sipped the black tea in his cup and said lightly:
"You know, including the Rothschild family, the Sassoon family... Among those bankers in London, Jews make up the majority, but the Hall family is one of the few orthodox Anglo-Saxon banking families. What? Your Highness, are you interested in the Hall family?"
"Not really. I just happened to meet Colin Hall of the Hall family that day. Interestingly, his wife was once my brother's fiancée."
Viscount Bute had heard a lot of such things, so he didn't show too much surprise:
"I seem to have seen Colin Hall you mentioned, but I don't have a deep impression of him."
"By the way, you said today that you wanted to talk about some newspapers, right?"
Barron only mentioned the matter of the Hall family in passing and did not want to talk too much about this topic, so he talked about something else.
"Yes, you know, many newspapers are not doing well right now. Our family owns several newspapers, and the current situation is not very satisfactory, so my father also mentioned that he wanted to sell several newspapers that were not doing well."
Viscount Bute seemed to have remembered today's topic at this moment, and said to Barron:
"I know, Your Highness, that your independent newspaper business has been developing very well, especially after you acquired this newspaper, so I wanted to ask you if you are interested in those newspapers?"
As Viscount Bute finished speaking, Barron was already thinking about the newspapers owned by the Bute family, and asked casually,
"Which newspapers do you want to sell?"